The Final Push - Lawnor approaches 100% painted

Models remaining:
Batch: 10, Normal: 12, Luxury: 8, Modular: 49, To Ship: 33+

Across the week I was able to make great progress on my skeletons, finishing them off on Saturday morning, and varnishing them on Sunday morning.  The rest of my weekend was spent playing Kingdom Death.  I’m 16 games in and still loving it.  I expect to play another campaign when I’m done with this, hopefully with real people, but I’d be happy with solo again.  Does anyone know how often playable content like the Dragon king or Sunstalker appears in the shop, and what such things are likely to cost?  I know KDM isn’t cheap, but its definitely earning it’s keep.

Here’s a little maths.  Each game cycle (hunt, showdown, settlement) seems to take 2-3 hours right now (I times myself once. it might not be accurate).  Lets say 2.5 hours average.  Its 30 cycles to meet the BBEG, with possible extra cycles in the mix.  That’s 75 hours.  I paid £275 new, after P&P.  That’s £3.66 per hour of fun, even if you ignore painting fun, planning fun, and second playthroughs.  At £400 (fullish price) that’s still £5.33 which isn’t too bad either.  Thats still cheaper than the equivalent time at the cinema these days, and you have something you can sell along after.

Anyway, maths over.  Here’s my finished skelebobs.

Movement trays.  I’ve not got any and I’ve got a moderate sized KoW army.  What’s the best way to make movement trays without spending any money?  There’s got to be a way to make them using stuff I already have lying around the house, or from household/office waste, or can “borrow” from the office.  I know I can just cut out sheets of card and maybe even glue rims on them, but I doubt that’ll survive repeated transport.  Corrugated card has good depth but the edges will look horrible.  What’s acceptable when it comes to rims?  Increasing the footprint by 5mm in each direction to provide a rail/edge, or keeping the intended footprint and having one less row and column of troops?

Sunday evening I put my Asterians back on the tray and picked out the “black” areas between the armours.  They got drybrushed, and then given a purple wash just before I went to bed, so they’re still wet in this photo.  Before bed is the best time to apply a wash, after all.

I’ve had a quick look this morning before rushing to work and I’m not convinced this has gone as well as I wanted.  Oh Well.  They’ll probably never see the table.  This is about getting them done and out of my pile of shame, while keeping them ready for play should I ever have a use.  I did win a set of Stargrave recently.  Sometimes a paint job can look like arse right up until a model is finished.  Hopefully that’ll happen here.  I’ve yet to pick out the guns, glows, eyes/visors, and the bases.  This could make all the difference.

I’ve got a bunch of modular KDM survivors I can build and it’s becoming apparent which ones I’ll want as my campaign progresses.  Suggestions and corrections are appreciated. I’m only in LY 14 so far. Right now I think I won’t build more until after my first playthrough, but if I had some solid suggestions then perhaps I could get some done for this playthrough?

The box comes with 2 male and 2 female of each of the following sets:

Unarmoured
Rawhide
Leather
Lion
Antelope / Screaming Fur
Phoenix
Lantern

Unarmoured: Bow, axe?  I started with 1 bow, 1-2 axes, and 1-2 bone swords
Swords: The Intimacy couple covers this for unarmoured
Bow: Male and female in hide armour
Katars: Male and female in Lion armour
Antelope Armour: Maybe spear?  Currently wielding swords.

Do the mask sculpts serve a purpose, or is that just for display?